NY lawsuit seeks to halt suspicionless searches
(AP) -- A New York lawsuit seeks to stop the government from snooping in the laptops, cell phones and cameras of international travelers when there is no probable cause.
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Sep 7, 2010
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Feds disable movie piracy websites in raids
(AP) -- U.S. officials on Wednesday announced a major crackdown on movie piracy that involved disabling nine websites that were offering downloads of pirated movies in some cases hours after they appeared in theaters.
Internet
Jun 30, 2010
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Documents show vast cleanup of Plum Island land
(AP) -- Government documents obtained by The Associated Press show extensive efforts since 2000 to remove vast amounts of waste and contaminants from Plum Island, site of top-secret Army germ warfare research and decades ...
Environment
Jun 27, 2010
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Study reveals regulatory spending and staffing is at all-time high
(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the last decade, annual budget outlays for regulatory activities increased by more than 75 percent, according to a federal regulatory spending study conducted by The George Washington University Regulatory ...
Economics & Business
May 21, 2010
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New York City security may be underfunded
New budget allocation models developed at Northwestern University suggest that New York City appears underfunded for protection against terrorist threats. The study also shows Chicago as underfunded while Los Angeles appears ...
Economics & Business
May 5, 2010
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Airport security speedup program to relaunch
(AP) -- The Clear program, which allowed members to breeze through airport security before it abruptly shut down last year, is expected to be up and running again by the fall.
Business
May 4, 2010
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Researchers show how to use mobiles to spy on people
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have demonstrated how it is possible to use GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) data along with a few tools to track down a person’s mobile phone number and their location, and even ...
Security chip that does encryption in PCs hacked
(AP) -- Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business plans. Now a former U.S. Army computer-security ...
Computer Sciences
Feb 8, 2010
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Good liquid, bad liquid (Video)
For airline passengers everywhere, good news. Scientists have successfully tested a liquid explosive detection system that may eventually keep dangerous substances off airplanes. This comes barely two years after a plot to ...
Engineering
Feb 5, 2009
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SQUID: The long (and sticky) arms of the law
What's possible when a group of scientists are inspired by a famous superhero and a giant creature from the sea? How about a new technology for stopping drivers in their tracks?
Engineering
Jan 16, 2009
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